The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26

the following was adopted:
BE it Resolved, That whereas the present con-
the supporters Of Gov. S. D. McEnery and Gen.
fi Be It R Is HaaiO T6st the supporters of said can
ditates be notified, through their respective cam
paiEn committees, to designate their CHOICE for
4 1 { the head al OF Of the heat tis ( tl being htsn snP p t ,by
the friends Of Gen. Nichols shall De printed
b siEPS SuTp6 drfeff BY the fields r 1 Of Gov. Millinery
shall be printed McEnery Ticket . and the bal
iife on nu Snf te Of tne S Ward o sec p51d's snail Il be 5ei Print.
ed, For Delegates to the Democratic Parlsn Ton
s ysalhllG be cl printe sd f tie words ID Sfor Delegates 1T
Large ;, following which will be the names nm Of the
]fo Q il whiSh viii be. the names Of the two
ward delegates; and that the tickets saall be
printed pTin led upon upon: s pSd Nn15 seE RsRfigas Of ffs ali sael ds Are
gates shall be left to the respective campaign
committees.
2 On motion of L. D. Hotard, duly seconded,
the following was adopted:
Be at resotUed, That in the event OF -Ae or more
vac nrasi1 SECURING 6r in his III Sa abse e5ee'i the o vice preSil
dent OF this executive committee Is pefeDy ,aus
tilorized to fill such vacancies, but is adfnohlshed
in such event to do SO with due and proper con-
sideration to the faction from which SUCH
vacancy occurs.
ton, duly seconded, the meeting adjourned,
subject to the call OF the president or in his
absence to the call of the vice president.
Il. A. HEPLER, Secretary.
t. MoNrEGUT, President.
Primaries Ordered ia BienyilIe Parish.
Pursuant to a call of Mr.. Fl. F. Scheen,
chairman of the Democratic Executive COM
mittee of the parish of Bienville, the COM
mittee met at the courthouse at. Sparta on
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1887, for the purpose OF
adopting a plan for the selection of delegates
to the State Nominating Convention, to as
semble at Baton Rouge, La, on Jan. ~,
| 1888. Ihe meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Scheen, the chairman, who, in a prleI
| speech, explained the object OF the Gail,
| which was listened to with interest. by those
| present. All members of the committee, were
present with the exception OF ). W. Iooke' OF
On motion, Mr.. B. P. Edwards was re-
quested to act as secretary pro tenn.
The following resolutions, were passed:
by primary election to be held on Tuesday, the
18th day Of December, 1887, as delegates to the
'tRF ssoIgsd ffIStdsr,, That only white pes aa
who viii: under the election laws o. the state
shall be accepted as voters; and when any White
voter offering to vote ssall be ,g gn ,Ia9nes fiat sui he
will support the Democratic nominees Tor STATE
refusal to make such ayerment or pledge. shall
be good cause to reject his vote.
ds Be a. Ss t6 : said r ssnte eon rIeaS e n SO eleete d c sas
the entire eight vote OF the parish as a unit.
election Lee o. t sham Be opened 1T a. m n and closed ats
r Re IL further resoyred, That there shall be four
Be dtjar4hsr rsso5gsd, That the following named
commissioner are appointed to, hold said cleo,
ton, and at the following named precincts and
Acadia Precinct-B. Capers, j. NJ. lilly. Capt.
Ward One. Mount GaIhe Precinct-Qwen My. !.
Ward Two. Mount Lebanon, Pr aeinctt-GGsby<~
Ards, W. I. Baker, Frank Courtney, Up. IHsf-
Il yard Two. Gibbsland Precinct-A. D. Ham
NETT, 2; r. Langford, !: j Randsll. ~
sf SsFd F q 3. EipssG SsSi Frs ssfgn4; Lawson. @.
(, W BqtIf -Four A; i EaWRon 81 siiffI"0Gss' R. ,Madder, J.
W: Stewart, A; I; Lawhqn, 4; J. Smith ,1ornns,
T, !. Koence, Z; G, odeF, J; +, Blq ~ snr,,,.
Nv Ward rD SIX. Liberty HfiiiSR: q: sTmiitherman, I.
G Boy Rogd 81 7 T;r :; GFsgfoF Bls J wi Low vbitlov.
A. vs. Han, W. s. Smelly. 7. NJ Blackwood.
~ yrthe res rss9tf tss g dhat cs sae aa sal saa GotG earti-
fed returns to the chairman OF the Executive
Committee Of the delegates = 4so; ei efaefoa nc n t saia
gates to the State Convention, which shall be
their credentials 5a same; thst o, SAG F foiqdw
ing said election.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted. -
r~ScEsnery Club No. i, Fourth Ward OF st.
Martin Parish.
At a meeting held on the goth day of No.
vember for the purpose OF organizing a club
to be known as the McEnery Club of Breaux
Bridge No. 1, fourth ward, the following
officers were unanimously elected: DR.. H. P.
Guilbeau, prssident; Cyprien Gaidry, vice
president; Paul N. Abadie. secretary; Jules
s. Broussard, treasurer.
On motion duly seconded the president was
authorized to appoint a committee OF four TO
draft preamble and resolutions in regard to
the sense of this meeting and for the future
guidance of this club /, The he f9ll2Win Mg.!gs gen
DIR, Arthur Guilbeau, Albert Domengeaux,
Cyprien Guidry and Leon 3. Giliard.
After due deliberatlon the committee re-
ported the following preamble and resolu-
tons:
whereas, as stelwart Democrats, we desire the
continuance Of . sound Democratic, adnlInIstra-
ton OF the affairs of Louisiana, and q eontinu,,
anee III the march of progress inaugurateq ana
been carried forward By she present admlh1sfra-
j And whereas. we condemn the facti9us and
enti-administration spirit displayed by that tacss
Loaisiana. the tendency of which is the disrup-
' ton Of the DemoeTTstic party Of TINS sta state esr,sss
efforts to secure the reorganization n5n,adipn+ a Rs,g ps,sie E
ton Of that trae and TIE TIED tb pei sfsta samuel ~
1 / Dl 81, i .5iiriSss' SssoSss2a:, I i : copy gyT, IF fhsgs
Repeilte and New Orleans T-IMEs-DEMoCRAr
The above resolutions were received with
loud and enthusiastic applause.
q The following-named gentlemen were ap-
nointed on the respective committees by the
q president to receive Gov. s.. D. McEnery on
= the 24th of November, 1887. at Fpmass
n meeting to be held at Breaux Bridge en- thas
6 day:
Leon +. Gillard, jules Rousseau, jules s.
Broussard, Cyprien Guidry,
Financial Committee. N. Domengeaux
j. K. Melancon, Jules Jeanmard. L. RAN
2 sonet, Gustaye Ledoux. >.
Committee of Arrangements--H, Holier,
a Amede Champa gne, Manuel Iiviachy, Fran
Y co.'s Leblanc, Alfred Billaud.
+ On motion, duly seconded, the meeting
. adjourned until the gath of November, te
Is attend the mass meeting to be held at Breau1
Dr.. H. P. Gu1LBEAu. President.
PAUL. N. ABADIE, Secretary.
Names of member OF the club:
DIR. I'll. P. Guilbeau, gypTlen Gridry,
I Albert Danengeauxs Jules ). Brosa1ssaroa
} Cynrien Melaueon, Arthur GHilbeau,
70 :I1fes Jeacy1ard. Charles Rees, ST.,
Paul N. Abadie, NJ. V. BG!lard,
y Cornelius Begnaud, Tiger Guidry,
d Aleide Guidry, Desire Meiancon,-
Alfred L. Billaud, Charles Broalssard,